[1878#6] "As we follow the road, or more properly..."

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
23/11/2010 13:14

"As we follow the road, or more properly the mule-track, westward from Kerynia...". Two pages from "Through Cyprus with the camera, in the autumn of 1878", Volume 1, by John Thomson, F.R.G.S.

Update: November 23, 2010, here [ http://is.gd/gctxf ].

flightholiday


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Message Posted:
23/11/2010 13:59

Good read Hans Many thanks

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
23/11/2010 14:59

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Pugwash


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Message Posted:
23/11/2010 15:21

Very interesting DC

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
23/11/2010 18:07

Updated again.

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
23/11/2010 19:35

Has the 'Buyuk Hamam' sank, or were they built below street level?

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
23/11/2010 19:50

Good evening, Bill: it sank. "In consequence of the decay of surrounding buildings this Bath House is buried to a depth of about one metre and a half below the present level of the neighbouring roads and lanes."

All about the Büyük Hamam, Nicosia, here: [ http://is.gd/hEzV8 ].

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
23/11/2010 20:29

Thanks Hans.